Chapter 9

"W-we are in the continent of Ishigar, The country of Stella..this place is the desert of Menco...it's a black site owned by the Magic council however was abandoned years ago".

His reply made some of my suspicions to be proven true that I wasn't in Fiore. I had another suspicion which needed to be confirmed.

"Alright tell me where is Ultear, the daughter of Ur?".

"H-How do you know of her?". One of them asked in a fearful tone but I simply looked at him and he answered.

"She escaped a week ago from our Branch located on Brago in the Northern continent".

'Damm it I was on the wrong continent, well it made sense that something like the Magic Development Bureau had more than one base of operations. I can't get to Grey or save Ultear if she's already escaped.

"Alright, Now tell me where the tower of heaven from where I was taken is located". I demanded.

They seemed to freeze up before answering." Only Master Brain knows the location".

'Ah that's a problem..he is dying and I don't wanna stay here and heal him..guess Erza is gonna have to suffer a bit more. This sucks!'.

I then started to teleport out of there with my 'Spatial Dragon: Stride' which teleports one to anywhere they want as long as it's in their vision.

I then used the ability to travel through the desert for almost 20 minutes using Stride but then simply stopped and started to walk, eventually, I started to get Hungry.

"I should have brought supplies from the Bureau".

I found a small cave-like structure and stayed at the entrance of it to rest and ward off the intense heat a little by staying in the shade.

Eventually, I found some bugs and a snake in the Cave and killed them.

[Desert bottles: they are a type of beetles that live in the desert, one of the main food sources in the desert region being rich in protein. Sage to eat].

[Sand viper: the cousin of a marsh viper and the descendent of a Black viper. Remove the head and it's safe to eat].

Sage informed me of what I had hunted and I was surprised.

'How did you know all that?'.

[Sun skill Database has information regarding the creatures of this world given by Intern].

I accepted the information and eventually found some bushes that looked like they could be used for starting a fire. It almost took me an hour but eventually, I started a fire. Then the bug's outer shells were removed the snaked head slashed using 'Spacial Dragon: Severing claw' and eaten by me, and I was on the move again.

After a while, I finally came to the edge of the desert and saw the edge of the desert with cliffs surrounding it. I started to climb the cliff and upon reaching the top standard moved forward. The land was getting more wetted rather than sand now it was soil and Greenery was starting to come into sight.

Eventually, I entered a small area filled with Trees. I found a path With a horse carriage mark which I identified using Sage.

"Somebody Help us!". A noise sounded out from the Road ahead.

I immediately ran towards the direction from where the voice came and immediately saw the problem. Two carriages were surrounded by a group of men wearing leather armour and one of them had a staff in his hand. There was a man in his 30s and a girl who looked a little older than 13 being tied up, there were also dead bodies of people who could be the guards of the convoy on the path, appearing to have been killed using magic.

'Bandits.. one's a mage'.I thought looking at the scenario.

"Damm brat..no one is gonna save you". One of the men said as he stuffed a cloth into the girl's mouth.

"Please let my daughter go...you can have everything in the carts, but please leave my daughter alone!". The man pleaded with the bandits.

Suddenly the mage stepped forward as he said."Your daughter and you are far more precious than the cargo President Hugo Cadbury. You and your daughter will be our hostages until the merchant guild pays us a good amount of ransom". The mage said as the bandits laughed.

I was thinking about what to do and listened to their conversation.'How can someone of a high enough status be dumb enough to travel without a mage as an escort in a world of magic especially when travelling with your daughter..well you deserve this as a lesson I guess'.

I turned around and wanted to leave when I heard something else.

"You know the ransom might take some time so me and the boys here might have some fun with your Daughter..she is quite ripe". The mage grinned evilly

Suddenly a boy with silver hair and green eyes appeared next to him with a Fist covered in a red sphere as he punched the mage yelling. "Spatial Dragon: Iron Fist".

The mage was sent flying and his face broke and with bones shattering due to the punch.

"Now, let's take care of the scum". I didn't use any magic on the Bandits, they were normal people and beating them up. using just hand-to-hand was easy. After I took out like 12 of them the rest ran away but I created a 'Spatial dragon: Entrapment Barrier' that makes a small barrier around targets to trap them in with me and then I simply beat the living daylights out of them.

After all was done I disabled the barrier and looked around taking in my brilliant work. Then seeing The man and his daughter looking at me with wide eyes and a bit of fear I kinda felt bad. 'Maybe I went a little too far they deserved it'.

"Are you two alright?". I asked in a way to ease the tension and fear they had.

The first to Snap out of the daze was the man who stood up and held his daughter who had tears in her eyes as he responded." Yes we are fine Thanks to you. I am Hugo Cadbury and this is my daughter Lesselote Cadbury, thank you very much for saving us!". He then bowed towards me.

I was then asked my name and I responded with my name and me being a Wandering Mage who was exploring the world after his master told me to do so. They then invited me to ride with them as we tied the mage up using ropes from the caravan and set off